Philadelphia Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
June 3, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 3, 1953 at Briggs Stadium. The Philadelphia Athletics defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Philadelphia Athletics 10, Detroit Tigers 7

Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Joost ss 4 3 2 1
Philley rf 5 2 2 1
Robinson 1b 3 1 1 0
Zernial lf 5 2 2 5
Suder 2b 4 1 2 1
McGhee cf 4 0 1 0
Babe 3b 4 0 0 0
Astroth c 4 1 2 1
Martin p 2 0 0 0
  Bishop p 2 0 0 0
Totals 37 10 12 9
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 4 0 0 0
Friend 2b 5 1 3 1
Lund cf,lf 4 1 0 0
Nieman rf 5 2 3 1
Souchock lf 3 1 2 1
  Delsing cf 2 0 1 0
Dropo 1b 5 1 1 0
Batts c 4 1 2 2
Hatfield 3b 4 0 0 0
Herbert p 1 0 0 0
  Hitchcock ph 1 0 0 0
  Harrist p 0 0 0 0
  Priddy ph 1 0 1 1
  Madison p 0 0 0 0
  Mullin ph 1 0 1 1
  Erickson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 14 7
Philadelphia 201 100 50110122
Detroit 000 004 1117141
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Martin   5.1 9 4 3 1 2
  Bishop  W(2-2) 3.2 5 3 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
7
5
1
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Herbert   5.0 5 4 3 3 0
  Harrist   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Madison  L(2-3) 2.0 5 5 5 1 3
  Erickson   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
10
9
5
3

  E–Joost (9), Babe (7), Souchock (1).  DP–Philadelphia 3. Robinson, Babe-Suder-Robinson, Joost-Suder-Robinson, Detroit 2. Souchock-Hatfield, Dropo-Kuenn.  2B–Philadelphia Robinson (6,off Herbert).  3B–Philadelphia Astroth (1,off Madison).  HR–Philadelphia Zernial 2 (11,7th inning off Madison 2 on 1 out,9th inning off Erickson 0 on 2 out), Detroit Friend (2,7th inning off Bishop 0 on 0 out); Nieman (5,9th inning off Bishop 0 on 1 out)..  Team LOB–5.  HBP–Lund (1,by Martin).  Team–8.  SB–Joost (3,2nd base off Madison/Batts).  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–Scotty Robb, 2B–Bill Summers, 3B–Jim Duffy.
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